10- The Journal

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Spark Notes

Important Key Points:

  • R.C. Narrates all happenings from earlier in the book
  • R.C. And his dog do a lot of hunting together
  • He didn't like his finished table but couldn't fix it either
  • After more rain, R. C. separates gun powder into even more piles
  • He digs even further into rock for more room
    • He really wants a pickaxe, a shovel, and a wheelbarrow
  • He found an iron tree (is what the people in Brazil called it)
  • He spent eighteen full days digging in his cave and making things with his tools
    • Kitchen, Dining Room, Cellar etc.
  • The cave fell on him one day and he had to dig all over again
  • R.C. Found a goat and tamed it
  • He spent from Jan 3rd to April 14 on a wall
  • R.C. Made a lamp out of the tallow form the goat he killed
  • One day He found barley and 12 grains of corn and started growing grain (he was quite astonished at this)
  • All his food didn't grow the first season because it was during the dry season and it was too hot
  • Also found 12 stalks of rice

Thanks to Taite for these notes!